Ted Post (born
March 31,
1918) is an American TV and film
director.
Born in
Brooklyn,
New York, he started his career in show business in 1938 working as an usher at Loew's Pitkin Theater. He abandoned plans to become an actor after training with Tamara Daykarhanova, and turned to directing
summer theater. Success in the theater led to work in television from the early 1950's. Post directed episodes of many well-known series including
Gunsmoke,
Perry Mason,
Wagon Train,
Rawhide,
The Twilight Zone,
Columbo and 178 episodes of
Peyton Place. He has also directed TV movies (including the original
Cagney and Lacey movie-of-the-week, and also feature films, including
Beneath the Planet of the Apes,
Go Tell the Spartans, and two
Clint Eastwood films
Hang 'Em High and
Magnum Force. Post directed the 2001-2002 Festival of the Arts at
Bel-Air's
University of Judaism.
Films
